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The Orlando skyline of glass office towers reflected in Lake Eola on a bright day.

A local guide to getting around Orlando

Getting around Orlando, without guessing

Fifty-seven million passengers a year pass through Orlando International, and almost all of them meet the same problem on arrival: the thing they booked is twenty miles from where they landed. This site publishes what each option costs and how long it takes, with the date each figure was checked.

Start at the airport Price a route from MCO

Downtown Orlando across Lake Eola · by Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0

The air traffic control tower at Orlando International Airport rising above the terminal.

Getting out of Orlando airport without losing an hour

Six ways out of MCO compared on real cost and real time, plus the terminal detail that decides half of it before you take a step.

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Travellers crossing the palm-planted main hall of Terminal C at Orlando International.

Every route from Orlando airport, priced

One page per destination, each opening with a recommendation rather than a list. Disney resorts, Universal hotels, the coast, the cruise port.

Interstate 4 heading east into the downtown Orlando skyline, from the driver's seat.

Rental car or rideshare? The honest math

Toll transponder fees, the free Visitor Toll Pass and $35-a-day park parking, worked through as a seven-day comparison.

Two black Mercedes-Benz saloons, a Maybach and an S-Class, parked nose out.

The best private transportation in Orlando

Six chauffeured operators ranked, and the five questions that separate a real operator from a broker with a good website.

Crowds on the plaza in front of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom.

The best Orlando theme parks for small kids

Ranked for the under-six crowd on rides they can actually ride, and on how hard each park is to get into with a stroller.

Restaurant terraces and shopfronts along Park Avenue in Winter Park.

The best restaurants in Orlando

A two-star MICHELIN room, five one-stars and fourteen Bib Gourmands, none of them anywhere near the theme parks.

The Orlando Eye observation wheel lit purple against a night sky on International Drive.

The I-Ride Trolley, explained properly

Two dollars a ride the length of International Drive, ten dollars for three days, and a clear list of where it will not take you.

The transfers people actually book

A large cruise ship berthed at Port Canaveral under a cloudy sky.

Orlando airport to Port Canaveral

The most schedule-critical transfer in Central Florida, because the ship does not wait. Allow 90 minutes, not the 55 a map suggests.

Crowds walking under the Universal Orlando Resort sign at CityWalk.

Orlando airport to Epic Universe

Twenty minutes and about $35 by rideshare, or a flat quote if you are landing with a group and want to be met inside.

Visitors walking the waterfront promenade at Disney Springs.

Orlando airport to Disney Springs

Every way in, priced: rideshare, Mears Connect, a private car, and the free Disney buses waiting at the other end.